Shipping carton blank for chairs



March 9, 1943. D. Rous "2,313,362

SHIPPING CARTON BLANK FOR CHAIRS l Filed Jun'e 6,- 1940 J7 E" f" .if-T i Patented Mar. 9, 1943 vUNITED lsrii'ras PATENT i OFFICE SHIPPING CARTON BLANK Foa CHAIRS.

y Davia ms, New York, N. Y. Application June 6, 1940, Serial No. 339,070

The object of the present invention is to provide a shipping-carton'for chairs, particularly upholstered chairswhich may be'constructed of corrugated board, which vmay be manufactured by a succession of simple cutting and folding steps in a length of corrugated board or the like, which will provide unusually strong protection for the major horizontal surface of the chair and hence the area which is most subject to damage in shipping.

A further object of the invention is to provide a carton of the said type capable of adequately protecting all of the exposed surfaces of a chair, particularly an upholstered chair, through the use of two pieces of corrugated board or the like, and incorporating means by which the carton may be attached to the chair temporarily by brads or tacks driven into the under or hidden part of the chair frame.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank from which the entire carton is formed except of the front and rear back covering.

Figure 2 is a plan View of the back covering blank.

Figure 3 is a vertical section through the formed carton, taken on the line 3-3, Figure 4, and showing in dotted lines an upholstered chair therein.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the formed carton.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary section taken horizontally on the line 5 5, Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary vertical section taken on the line 6 6, Figure 3, showing a portion of the back covering member and a seat therefor provided at the top of one of the side wall panels of the blank shown in Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing, I have shown in Figure l a sheet of bendable material which preferably will be corrugated board and which is out and scored to form opposed and spaced side wall panels l and an intermediate front wall panel 2, the said panels being separated by fold lines at u, and each fold line a being colinear with a transversely extending line of cut b which terminates at a line of fold c bounded at each end with a line of out d.

By means of the lines of out and fold lines, the latter being scored into the corrugated board, each of the members I and also the member 2 carries at its top a horizontally movable seat covering panel, the seat covering panel being shown at I and 2x. It will also be noted that each side wall panel is L-shaped, and that at its top a foldable lip 3is provided by means of a scored line of fold at e. At thebase of each panel a foldable nap is provided by spaced lines of out ty,- leach set; of cuts Vbeing connected by. scored lines of fold at 8, the flaps are shown at Ima: and 23cm.

When the panels I are brough into parallelism by folding on the lines a the seat covering panels I x are folded downwardly on the fold line c they may be overlapped by the downward folding of seat panel 2x. As an alternative, the panel 2x may be interposed between the panels I a: or entirely below the panels I which latter is the expedient employed in Figures 3 and 4.

When the lips 3 are folded horizontally on the fold lines e the carton Will be ready to receive the back covering piece shown in Figure 2.

Referring to Figure 2, it will be seen that the back covering piece is formed of a rectangular sheet of corrugated board or the like, the latter being formed with three transverse fold lines at 7c, k' and m with spaced panel sections I 0, II and I2. Panel section ID is adapted to cover the rearmost portion `of the carton and to be connected to the panels I in any suitable manner, as, by adhesive strips I3 of any suitable material as, for example, cloth. When section II is folded to horizontal position it may be seated upon the lips 3 of panels I, after the lips have been folded horizontally; and section I2 will lie in the position shown in Figures 3 and 4, lip I4 being bent so as to lie under and provide a seat for the seat covering Ix, 2x.

Any suitable means may be employed for securing section I2 of the back covering piece in its final position as, for example, adhesive strips I6, Figure 4, which strips are each attached to one of the members I' and also the seat covering panels may be held in folded position by any suitable means as, for example, adhesive strip I'I, Figure 4.

The carton elements may be assembled about a chair such as that indicated .by dotted lines C, Figure 3, or the elements may be brought into assembled form and then applied to a chair prior to a folding upward of the flaps Ira: and 2mm. When the carton encloses the chair flaps lx1: and 2am: are folded upwardly to the horizontal position of Figure 4 and are tacked to the lower horizontal frame members of the chair as by the tacks Il, Figure 3, the latter being shown enlarged for clearness of illustration.

The provision of three strong seat covering panels is particularly advantageous when the upholstered chair is provided with arms and the seat lies below the arms as in the case of the chair shown in dottedlines in Figure 3 wherein the arms are indicated at, C. In such case there will be a substantial space between the lowermost of the seat covering panels and the seat cushion itself. It will be unnecessary, however, to fill in the space in order that adequate protection may be given because of the strength oi the carton at such area. p

The simplicity of the carton enables the two blanks as shown in Figures 1 and 2, to be shipped in the flat and readily applied to the chairs by *l simple folding and adhesive strip application by` of a foldable seat covering panel, each side panel being formed with a cut parallel with the iirst named cuts and bounding therewith the side margins of an additional seat covering panel the inner margin of .an upwardly relatively narrow extension adapted toabut the side area of a chair back, and a back piece adapted for connection with said side panels.

2. A carton blank for chairs and the like comprising a sheet of corrugated material such as corrugated paper board having two intermediate fold lines extending transversely thereof for part of its major width and forming lines of connecvkltion between two L-shaped side panels and an intermediate front panel, each of said panels carrying a foldable seat covering panel, said fold- `able'sea't covering panels being separated at the side margins thereof from each other and from the Lfshaped side panels, and each one of said panels being formed at its base with centrally disposed' spaced vertical cuts forming between thema foldable ap adapted to be attached `to the base frame of av'chair and providingat each side ofthe flap fa chair leg shield.

DAVID ROUS. 

